'Giving Tuesday' helps Archdiocese of New Orleans give back to community

'Giving Tuesday' helps Archdiocese of New Orleans give back to community

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Updated: 7:37 PM CST Nov 29, 2016

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WE LOOK AT WHY THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO OPEN THEIR
WALLETS AND THEIR HEARTS.
REPORTER: THE FORCE IS SMALL,
BUT MIGHTY.
VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL CATHOLIC
CHURCHES, PASSING THE VIRTUAL
COLLECTION PLATE, NEAR --
>> MISSISSIPPI.
>> WYOMING.
REPORTER: INSPIRED BY GIVING
TUESDAY, THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW
ORLEANS CREATED THE HASH-TAG,
'I-GIVE-CATHOLIC,' LAST YEAR.
AND IN RETURN, THEY COLLECTED
$1.3 MILLION.
ALL IN ONE DAY, ALL ONLINE.
>> THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
REPORTER: NEIGHBORING DIOCESE
NOTICED AND 4 MORE JOINED THE
CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
>> WELL, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T
WAIT UNTIL THIS YEAR, THEY
CALLED US RIGHT AWAY LAST YEAR.
REPORTER: THIS YEAR THE GOAL IS
$1.5 MILLION.
>> ADDING PRAYERS THAT THIS IS A
GREAT SUCCESS AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GOING TO BE.
REPORTER: THE DOLLARS ADD UP, AS
THE CLOCK COUNTS DOWN.
$200,000 BY 5:00 A.M.
$500,000 BEFOR LUNCH.
DONORS CHOOSE A MINISTRY.
>> BEST CATEGORY IS HEALTHCARE,
HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES.
REPORTER: AND THE DIOCESE TAKE
CARE OF THE REST.
>> IT ENABLES US TO HELP PEOPLE
AND THAT'S WHAT THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH IS ABOUT, HELPING PEOPLE

'Giving Tuesday' helps Archdiocese of New Orleans give back to community